Comets, Meteors and Asteroids

Front

Which solar system object has a tail? Options: meteor, meteorite, comet, asteroid

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comet

Front

Which of the small solar system objects does not orbit the sun? Options: comet, dwarf planet, asteroid, meteor

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meteor

Front

What describes a comet?

Back

Has a coma and a tail made of ice and rock.

Front

Which one of the following describes a meteoroid?

• A space rock that hits the Earth's surface.
• A small solar system object that is made up of small pieces of asteroids or comets.
• A space rock that enters the Earth's atmosphere
• A loose collection of rock and ice

Back

A small solar system object that is made up of small pieces of asteroids or comets.

Front

Where can most of the asteroids be found? Options: In the Oort cloud, In the area between Mars and Jupiter, In the Kuiper Belt, Out past Pluto

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In the area between Mars and Jupiter

Front

A small solar system object that enters the Earth's atmosphere and creates streaks of light is called a _________

Back

meteor

Front

When we see streaks of light falling in the sky, we call them falling stars but these objects are actually ________________

Back

meteors

Front

What are most of these located between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter?

Back

Asteroid

Front

What is considered harmless even though they can be observed from Earth? Options: Comets, Meteors, Asteroids

Back

Meteors

Front

Smaller pieces of rock broken from this object become meteoroids.

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Comet